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What Texas Will Pay to Defend Affirmative Action

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The University of Texas at Austin has hired a Los Angeles law firm, Latham & Watkins, to handle the university's defense of its affirmative action practices before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Associated Press reported. The law firm, with extensive Supreme Court expertise, will be paid a flat fee of $977,000, with up to another $10,000 for expenses.